Enameled metal tablet or plate for facing walls, ceilings, or the like.



No. 792.661. PATENTED JUNE 20, 1905.

, :J. H. KIRK. I

ENAMELED METAL TABLET OR PLATE FOR FACING WALLS, OEILINGS,

OR THE LIKE.

I APPLIGATION FILED MAY 9, 1904.

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No. 792.661. PATENTED JUNE 20, 1905. J. H. KIRK.

ENAMELED METAL TABLET OR PLATE FOR FACING WALLS, GEILINGS,

OR THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 9. 1904.

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PATENT OEETQ JAMES HENRY KIRK, OF STALYBRIDGE, ENGLAND.

ENAMELED METAL TABLET OR PLATE FOR FACING WALLS, CEILINGS, OR THE LIKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 792,661, dated June 20, 1905. Application filed May 9, 1904. Serial No. 207,122.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES HENRY KIRK, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at The Ashes, Stalybridge,(]heshire, England, have invented new and useful Improvements in Enameled Metal Tablets or Plates for Facing Walls, Ceilings, or the Like, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the manufacture of enameled metal tablets or plates designed to be applied to walls, ceilings, and other surfaces and to present the appearance of enameled bricks or of tiles and the like, the object of my invention being to produce tablets of this class which shall be cheaper and at the same time possess greater strength and be more secure when fixed than tablets of the same class as heretofore manufactured.

In carrying out my invention I provide metal blanks of square, oblong, .rhombic, rhomboidal, or other suitable shape, according to the pattern to be produced by the tablets, and I bend two or more of the edges of each tablet so as to form semicircular flanges which when the tiles are placed upon a bed of mortar, cement, or other fixing material form keys to prevent the tablets from becoming detached.

To enable my invention to be fully understood, I will describe the same by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is ablank suitable for forming a tablet of a shape corresponding with the end of a brick. Fig. 2 is a rear view of the tablet having the bent edges, and Figs. 3 and 4 are sections on the lines 3 3 and 4t 4, respectively, of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is an elevation drawn to a smaller scale than Figs. 1 to f, showing a series of tablets of a size intended to represent bricks fixed upon a wall; and Fig. 6 is a section on the line 6 6, Fig. 5, illustrating the method of fixing. Fig. 7 is a view similar to Fig. 3, illustrating a modification. Fig. 8 is a rear view of a diamond-shaped or rhombic tablet.

a indicates the blank from which the tablet is formed, and Z) I) the edges of the same which are bent over to a semicircular form and constitute keys, the corners of the said blank being cut away-for instance, as shown in Fig. lin such a manner that when the edges are bent over, as described, the ends of these bentover edges will lie against one another, as indicated at 0 in Fig. 2. The bending of the edges may be effected by stamping in a machine or by any other suitable means.

The plate when bent is coated with white, black, tinted, orcolorless or other suitable enamel, or a pattern in enamel may be stenciled upon it, or enamels of varying color may be applied in order to give it the effect of marble, or it may be otherwise decorated in enamel in any suitable manner. The backs of the tiles and those parts which are not eX- posed to view may also be enameled, or they may be varnished or coated with a paint or other material which will protect them from corrosion. The plates are then fixed by laying them upon a bed of plastic cement, as indicated in Fig. 6, so that the cement enters the keys on the edges of the plate. As shown in Figs. 5 and 6, a series of tablets of the shape of ordinary bricks are laid together to represent enameled bricks.

It will be noticed that between adjacent tiles channels, as at (Z, Fig. 6, are formed.

Instead of applying the tablets direct upon the surface to be ornamented they may be applied to tiles, the tiles with the tablets upon them being then fixed in the usual manner of fixing tiles.

In the foregoing description I have referred to tablets having all the edges bent over. This, however, is not essential, as, for instance, the bending over of opposite edges would afford sufficient key, but in this case the edges which are not bent over to form keys are curved slightly inwardly, as shown in Fig. 7, so that when adjacent tiles come together there will be no variation of the channels cl between adjacent tiles.

As hereinbefore stated, tablets of any suitable form may be employed. In Fig. 8 I

show a tablet of rhombic form, a series of which can be laid together, as hereinbefore described.

By adopting the semicircular form of edge, as hereinbefore described, I am enabled to form tablets from a thinner gage of metal than would otherwise be possible, as the effect of the bending of the edges, as hereinbe certained the nature of my said invention and in What manner the same is to be performed, I declare'that what I claim is A metal tile having edge portions bent rear- 7 wardly .and curving outwardly, said outwardly-curved portions being semicircular in cross-section, substantlally :as described.

JAMES HENRY KIRK.

Witnesses:

C. S. HALL, E. S. MOSELEY. 

